Latest News: Classical
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Interview,
Frank Agsteribbe on elaborate Requiem Masses by Philippus van Steelant 3rd January 2023The conductor discusses the splendour of funerary works by Philippus van Steelant, newly recorded by B'Rock Orchestra and cantoLX.
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Recording of the Week,
Schubert Revisited from Matthias Goerne 30th December 2022The German baritone is on top form in this recital of nineteen Lieder in bespoke orchestrations by one of his regular recital-partners Alexander Schmalcz, with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen responding to his simple eloquence in kind.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 30th December 2022 30th December 2022A Purcell double-bill from Geneva-based ensemble Les Argonautes, an all-Mozart programme from French soprano Julie Fuchs, the conclusion of William Youn's Schubert piano sonatas project, and Italian baroque Christmas music from Dorothee Mields and Dorothee Oberlinger.
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Interview,
Parker Ramsay and Nico Muhly on The Street 29th December 2022The harpist and composer talk about a striking new work based on the Stations of the Cross.
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Interview,
Javier Camarena on Signor Gaetano 28th December 2022The Mexican tenor discusses his recent Pentatone album exploring Donizetti's Italian operas (including rarities such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Giovedì Grasso), and explains why singing these works leaves him 'feeling satisfied and happy, rather than mentally exhausted!'.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2022 Choices 26th December 2022Chris introduces this issue's selection, with an 'optimally cast, dramatically intense and luminously beautiful' Theodora from Maxim Emelyanychev and Il Pomo d'Oro on Erato in pride of place...
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Recording of the Week,
Presto Personal Favourites from 2022 23rd December 2022Recordings of works by Coleridge-Taylor, Meyerbeer, John Williams and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson feature among the editorial team's individual picks of the year.
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Interview,
Julian Marshall and James Gilchrist on The Angel in the Forest 22nd December 2022The British composer discusses his atmospheric song-cycle for tenor and chamber ensemble (released as an EP on Orchid Classics last month) with its dedicatee.
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Interview,
Daniel Trocmé-Latter and Patrick Allies on The Mysterious Motet Book of 1539 21st December 2022Siglo de Oro's director Patrick Allies and musicologist Daniel Trocmé-Latter talk about a new recording of Renaissance motets with an unexpected origin.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2022 20th December 2022Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by a display of 'fearless daredevilry' from pianist (and high-flying international lawyer) Paul Wee in transcriptions by Liszt and Alkan on BIS...
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Interview,
ATMA Classique's complete Massenet songs project 19th December 2022The label's artistic director Michel Ferland talks to Katherine about one of the most ambitious recording-projects ever undertaken in Canada, featuring over 300 songs and a line-up of artists including Karina Gauvin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Julie Boulianne.
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Recording of the Week,
Mavra/Iolanta from the Bayerische Staatsoper 16th December 2022The young artists of the Munich opera-house's training studio (including Mirjam Mesak and Freddie De Tommaso) shine brightly in Axel Ranisch's ingenious fusion of two contrasting one-act operas by Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky.
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New Release Round-up,
New Releases from Winter 2022 16th December 2022Christmas with Tenebrae, the first instalment of Angela Hewitt's Mozart sonatas cycle, Andrew Gourlay's Parsifal Suite, and a second helping of Ravel from Robert Trevino and the Basque National Orchestra.
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Interview,
Christophe Rousset on Les Talens Lyriques at 30 15th December 2022As his ensemble celebrates its thirtieth birthday, the conductor and harpsichordist talks about turning people onto Lully, venturing towards Wagner, and 'opening doors' for the next generation of young musicians and music-lovers in France...
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Coming Soon,
Véronique Gens in La Voix Humaine and other forthcoming highlights 14th December 2022Other stand-out releases for early 2023 include Clara and Robert Schumann from Beatrice Rana, Mompou from Stephen Hough, Beethoven & Schubert from Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida, and Czech harpsichord concertos from Mahan Esfahani.
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Interview,
Will Dawes on Dawn of Grace 14th December 2022The Director of Music at Oxford's Somerville College talks about a new album celebrating the Christmas music of contemporary women composers.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - December 2022 Choices 12th December 2022Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'wonderfully refined orchestral playing' from the Bamberger Symphoniker under Jakub Hrůša on two discs of Brahms and Dvořák...
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Awards,
Recordings of the Year 2022 - Our Top 10 9th December 2022The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our five special category awards...
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Recording of the Week,
A piano double-bill from Leeds winners Alim Beisembayev and Eric Lu 9th December 2022Masterful Liszt and delicate Schubert from the 2021 and 2018 winners of the Leeds International Piano Competition.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 9th December 2022 9th December 2022A powerful debut solo album from American soprano Julia Bullock, a Vaughan Williams rarity from Mark Bebbington and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Fanny Hensel from German pianist Sontraud Speidel, and Solti's legendary 1965 Die Walküre in a new remastering.